Mensch & Computer 2006 Humans & Computers – Sixth multidisciplinary Conference September 3–6, 2006, University of Applied Sciences Gelsenkirchen in Gelsenkirchen-Buer, Germany Humans and Computers in Structural Changes Organised by Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. German Chapter of the ACM University of Applied Sciences in Gelsenkirchen Institute for Work and Technology in the Science Centre North Rhine-Westphalia Contributions of all disciplines dealing with aspects of human-computer-interaction are welcome. The focus should be on practical applications and theoretical models, on new concepts and established applications, on ergonomics and design. Topics are e.g.: Changes in work environment – New services in health care, in logistics, transportation and traffic as well as management and administration – Support of development of new technologies in design and construction, investigation and documentation – Worldwide (co-)operating with CSCW and by localisation and individualisation, support of networks of innovation Changes in learning and education – Support of lifelong learning, new forms of learning and teaching including edutainment and infotainment – Teaching and studying human-computer interaction, interface design and software ergonomics Changes in computer usage – Mobile applications, ubiquitous computing and ad-hoc-networks – Virtual environments and augmented reality – Intelligent devices and environments, handhelds, wearables and pervasive computing Submission of contributions The conference language is German. Contributions can be submitted in German or English. All contributions must be submitted via the web based conference system according to the conditions of the website: https://www.mc2006.informatik.fh-gelsenkirchen.de/conftool Submissions Contributions – Regular contributions can be reports about scientific projects or reports on practice projects; they will be reviewed according to their origin and focus. Contributions should not exceed six to ten pages, including pictures and references and should be formatted according to the LNI author guidelines. All contributions have to be made anonymous, they will be reviewed anonymously. Design Presentations – Outstanding examples of designing interactive systems or digital media will be presented in reserved conference tracks, including short talks with demonstrations, and in an exhibition area during interactive poster sessions. Presentations have to be introduced and explained on not more than five pages, according to LNI author guidelines. Design presentations have to be made anonymous, they will be reviewed anonymously. System Demonstrations - Demonstrations will be presented in reserved conference tracks, including short talks with demonstrations, and in an exhibition area during interactive poster sessions. System demonstrations should focus on solutions or tools, being introduced and explained on not more than five pages, according to LNI author guidelines. Access to software should be possible via internet. All contributions have to be made anonymous, they will be reviewed anonymously. Posters - This type of contribution describes in a compact form results of research projects or practice projects. They will be presented in interactive poster sessions. The poster type is designed for reports on innovative, off-beat, and "early stage" approaches, implementations and applications. Each poster has to be accompanied by short paper according to LNI author guidelines, maximum three pages. All posters have to be made anonymous, they will be reviewed anonymously. Workshops - Their tracks are half day or full day, in parallel tothe regular contribution tracks. Workshops offer an open forum for short presentations, discussions or collaborative work. Proposals for workshops should not exceed two or three pages, explaining contents and aims of the workshop, naming organisers and target groups. Contributions to the workshop and their results will be published in additional proceedings. Details and guidelines have to be handled over to the participants and contributors by the organisers of the workshop. Tutorials - Tutorials are reserved for experts giving detailed presentations on various topics, half day or full day. Proposals should include title, a short description, an introduction of presenter and some information about the intended target groups. Meet your deadlines - Contributions until 19.03.2006 DEADLINE EXTENDED - Proposals for tutorials until 15.04.2006 - Notification of acceptance until 05.05.2006 - Camera-ready papers until 02.06.2006 Conference Office Claudia Völker University of Applied Sciences Gelsenkirchen Department of Computer Science 45877 Gelsenkirchen Phone +49 209 9596-789 Fax +49 209 9596-703 Additional Information http://www.mensch-und-computer.de/mc2006 --------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send an empty email to mailto:[log in to unmask] For further details of CHI lists see http://sigchi.org/listserv ---------------------------------------------------------------